Windy in Beehive

Skinned up Beehive Basin, dug a pit on the edge of Tyler's and climbed up to the prayers flags. Winds picked up as we approached the ridge, moving quite a bit of snow. Skinned along the Beehive-Middle ridge for a little ways and then skied down towards Middle and skinned along above the rollover for a while. Dug a pit and returned the way we came.

Snowpit in Tyler's (W facing) was 80 cm deep, with an ECTP13 on the facets mid-pack. Snowpit on the Middle Basin side (E facing) was 120 cm deep, with an ECTP 14 on the facets mid-pack.

On our way back along the ridge we found a small natural windslab that had broken below the cornice during the hour since we had been there last - it broke up to around a foot deep, 20 ft wide, and ran about 15 vertical feet. This was the only avalanche we saw today.

Got a few little cracks in switchbacks along the skintrack while climbing out of Beehive, but no other cracking or collapsing.